Wincenty Zakrzewski

{{Short description|Polish historian}}

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| name = Wincenty Zakrzewski

|image = Wincentyzakrzewski1.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1844|07|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dobrzykowo, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|04|12|1844|07|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Kraków, Kingdom of Poland

| nationality = Polish

| alma_mater = Saint Petersburg State University

| discipline =History

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Wincenty Zakrzewski (11 July 1844 in Dobrzykowo – 12 April 1918 in Kraków) was a Polish historian. He was a professor of the Jagiellonian University (since 1873), rector in 1890/1891, and a member of the Academy of Learning (since 1881). He participated in the January Uprising (1863–1864).

Zakrzewski researched 16th-century Polish politics. He was an initiator of modern studies about the Reformation in Poland. His notable works includes Powstanie i wzrost reformacji w Polsce 1520–1572 [Beginning and rise of Reformation in Poland 1520–1572] (1870), "Po ucieczce Henryka: dzieje bezkrolewia" [After Henry's escape - the time of interregnum], Stefan Batory... (1887), Historia powszechna [General history] (vol. 1–3; 1899–1903). He was also an initiator of publication Stanislai Hosii epistolae, orationes, legationes [Letters, speeches, legations of Stanislaus Hosius] (vol. 1–2; in: Acta historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia; 1879–1888).